Endicott Area Investigations - Public Health Response Plan

Draft Public Health Response Plan to Prioritize and Evaluate the Public Health Impact of Environmental Contamination in the Village of Endicott, Broome County, New York

January 24, 2006


"Draft Public Health Response Plan to Prioritize and Evaluate the Public Health Impact of Environmental Contamination in the Village of Endicott, Broome County, New York" is available in Portable Document Format (PDF, 502KB, 41pg.).


Prepared by:

The New York State Department of Health,
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and
the Broome County Health Department

PHRP Release History

January 24, 2006 (current)
June 8, 2004
January 5, 2004 (initial)

Table of Contents

  1. The Public Health Response Plan (PHRP)
  2. Community Concerns
  3. Overview of Environmental Contamination and Human Exposures

    3.1  Soil
    3.2  Groundwater
    3.3  Outdoor (Ambient) Air
    3.4  Soil Vapor and Indoor Air

  4. Status of On-Going Actions

    4.1  IBM Endicott Site - Groundwater Corrective Action Program
    4.2  Area-wide Investigation
    4.3  Other Identified Site Investigations
    4.4  Current Outdoor (Ambient) Air Investigations
    4.5  Data Review: Historic Outdoor Air Emissions in Endicott
    4.6  Health Statistics Review: Cancer and Birth Outcome Analyses
    4.7  Health Consultation: Exposures to Low-level VOCs in Public Drinking Water
    4.8  Western Broome Environmental Stakeholders Coalition (WBESC)
    4.9  Data Review: Evaluating Cancer and Historic Occupational Exposures at the Former IBM Facility in Endicott
    4.10  Community Outreach and Education

  5. Proposed Actions
  6. Next Steps
  7. Contact Information
  8. Document Repository

Appendix A: Glossary

Appendix B: Stakeholder Planning Group (SPG)-The Western Broome Environmental Stakeholders Coalition (WBESC)

Appendix C: Overview of Completed Health Studies

Appendix D: Overview of Completed Environmental Investigations

Appendix E: Overview of Completed Outreach Activities

Appendix F: Overview of Completed Other Activities